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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Actually there are quite a few Ficker signs in Bethesda, Wheaton and up county. I’ve seen a sparse few in Silver Spring. We don’t have a sign but support Ficker also. [/quote]

Why isn’t there a decent republic candidate? Why is there just crazy Robin Ficker?
Why have any republicans and young repub groups and no decent candidates? Why?? [/quote]

I have a friend in the local GOP. The issue was they often run candidates at the county-level just for show, as they never have a chance of winning in a county-wide race where they are outnumbered 3-to-1. The reason they even run someone is the state-wide and national Republican party needs them to put up people so they show they are trying. In return, they get some appointee jobs in the state or federal government.

So the County Exec thing threw them for a loop. They went for business as usual and only Ficker threw his hat in. Then the Dems mess up and get super-left Elrich, and Floreen throws her hat in. Now they actually have a chance. The GOP candidate usually gets around 1/3 of the vote, so he actually has a fighting chance now that the Dems are split between Elrich and Floreen.

I guess they'll learn a lesson about putting up viable candidates in the future, as they reallly may have a chance.

The best thing for MoCo and also the GOP is to have open primaries in the future. Then the top 2 from any party go to the general election. There is a reason this is also fair to voters also -- 1/3rd of registered voters in MoCo have no party affiliation (so can only vote for non-partisan offices in the primary -- school board), yet MoCo has public financing of candidates, so voters of any party should be able to choose any candidate, since they are paying for their campaign through tax money anyway.[/quote]

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